"Es gibt aber eine Art des Wandels, die sich offensichtlich kontinuierlich fortsetzt und so etwas wie eine Richtung zu haben scheint. Diesen Wandel bezeichnet man als Evolution oder Entwicklungsgeschichte."
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Das ist Evolution, - MĂĽnchen : Bertelsmann, 2003, ISBN 3-570-12013-9 - Seite 24
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Ernst Mayr
1904 – 2005
deutsch-amerikanischer Biologe
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